PRACTICE TEST 03

I. PHONETICS
1-5. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.

1. A. empty B. exhaust C. plowing D. product

2. A. against B. coffee C. message D. spoonful
3. A. attempt B. bottom C. horror D. manage
4. A. common B. country C. preserve D. region
5. A. forest B. resource C. threaten D. reason

6-10. Pick out the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the
other words.

1. A. bound B. sound C. county D. poultry

2. A. shower B. allow C. below D. down
3. A. kicked B. fixed C. pleased D. missed
4. A. mistakes B. dates C. heads D. hats
5. A. examine B. determine C. valentine D heroine
II. USE OF LANGUAGE
Put one correct PREPOSITION in each gap.

1. It’s hard to understand why such a minor problem keeps nagging _____ us. Let’s have
done with it and get to grips __ ____ the major ones.
2. ________ first, we thought the scheme was useless, but _______ the end it turned out
to be working well.
3. Judging ______ her previous employer’s opinion, we can assume she can cope _______
difficult problems ____ ease.
4. The soccer player was ejected because he had done something that was _____ the
rules.
5. Another way of saying ‘old fashioned’ is ‘________ the times’.
6. Being a nurse is not an easy work, especially if you’re _______ call all the time.
7. After payment, you’ll receive the product _________ 10 business days.
8. I’m ________ a disadvantage when it comes to this job interview because I have no
professional experience.
9. Is he Italian? For some reason I was _____ the impression that he was Spanish.
10.Visiting Moscow was great but the temperature was 25 degrees________ zero.
Choose the correct options among A, B, C, or D.

1. Renewable forms of energy are now quiet cost _________.

B. effective B. ignorant C. successful D.productive
2. Stop shouting! You’re __________ attention to yourself.
A. accumulating B. drawing C. accepting D. paying
3. Don’t panic; your key will probably __________ when you least expect it.
A. Turn up B. run up against C. come across D. put down
4. Thus you convince them that this piece is _________; so no one will attack us outside
in an attempt to steal it.
A. Priceless B. invaluable C. unworthy D. valueless
5. I’ll be back one of these days, and we’ll have a ______ meal together.
A. slap-bang B.slapdash C. slap up D. slap down
6. __________ of all of us who are here tonight. I would like to thank Mr.Jones for his talk.
A. On account B. On behalf C. In person D. Instead
7. Alcohol abuse is a problem that can lead to ill health, loss of employment and ………..
A. the breakup of one’s family
B. one’s family can break up
C. breaking up of one’s family
D. the family is broken up
8. He ________ me the compliment of inviting me to sing at his wedding.
A. showed B. paid C. threw D. took
9. The name sounded vaguely _______ to her.
A. Similar B. familiar C. well-known D. acquainted
10. A dolphin six _________ length can move as fast as most ships.
A. Foot in B. feet in C. foot of D. feet of
11. His name is Jordaniel, but he likes being called Jo ____ short.
A. for B. in C. at D. with
12. In Hong Kong, you should avoid the colors blue and white in your presentation
materials since these _________ death and mourning.
A. present B. stand for C. represent D. show
13. We __________ more than half an hour by the time the show began.
A. will have been waiting
B. have been waiting
C. could have been waiting
D. had been waiting
14. His business tactics outraged the ________ of the UK establishment.
 A. Solidity B. stability C. hardness D. stiffness
15. Mr. Hammond prefers to resign ________ part in such dishonest business deal.
A. Than take B. than to take C. rather than takeD. rather than to take

Complete the second sentence, using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one. DO NOT change the word given. You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given.

1. Nobody spoke when the teacher asked who the culprit was. REMAINED

>> Everyone ___________________________________ who the culprit was.

2. It’s a foregone conclusion that Mandy will be the first - place candidate. SAYING

>> It ________________________________________the first – place candidate.

3. A cup of tea is the most refreshing drink of all. MATCH

>> There’s ___________________________________ as a refreshing drink.

4. The TV broadcast the whole of the tennis tournament. EXTENSIVE

>> There __________________________________the tennis tournament.

5. The boys hurled lots of snowballs at their next-door neighbor. PELTED

>> The boys ___________________________________ lots of snowballs.

Identifying 10 errors in the paragraph below

Many flowering plants woo insect pollinators and gently direct them to their most fertile
blossoms by changing the color of individual flowers from day to day. Through color cues, the
plant signals for the insect that it would be better off visiting one flower on its bush than
other. The particular hue tells the pollination that the flower is full of far more pollen than are
neighboring blooms. That nectar-rich flower also happens to be fertile and ready to disperse
its pollen or to receive pollen the insect has picked out from another flower. Plants do not
have to spend precious resources remaining reservoirs of nectar in all their flowers. Thus, the
color-code communication system benefits both plants and insects. 

For example, on the lantana plant, a flower starts out on the first day as yellow, when it is rich
with pollen and nectar. Influenced by an as-yet-unidentified environmental signal, the flower
changes color of triggering the production of the pigment anthromyacin. It turns orange on
the second day and red on the third. By the third day, it has no pollen to offer insects and is no
longer fertile. But in tests measuring the response of butterflies, it was discovered that the
insects visited the yellow flowers at least 100 times more than would be expected from
haphazard visitation. Experiments with paper flowers and painted flowers demonstrated that
the butterflies were responding with color cues rather than, say, the scent of the nectar.

Word formation

1. The ________ of the landscape was depressing. DULL

2. He is a totally ________ person who deliberately defies all standards. MORAL
3. The _______ of Monaco lies in southern Europe. PRINCE
4. I know this has been sheer ________ , hasn’t it? MOCK
5. In all ________, the flight will be cancelled. LIKELY
6. The floods made that path __________. PASS
7. Given the lack of evidence, the case resulted in an ___________. ACQUIT
8. I heard a voice whisper my name with ________ . CLEAR
9. The body laid there _______but no one dared touch it. LIFE
10.The media often benefit from _____ of confidential information. LEAK

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